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Show Ogden Firm Wins 2 Pacts for Health Facilities Special to The Tribune FARMINGTON An Ogden gen era! contractor has been awarded a new contracts for two facilities 10 room office building and a 10 bed for addition to a residential unit Daws Countv Mental Health De partment R&O Construction was the low bidder among IS firms bidding for a contract to construct the new office building in Bountiful near Lakeview Hospital Bid Lower The firm offered to build the structure for $371,900, a sum well below the $439,890 estimate of architect Gordon E Gy gi, Salt Lake f ) ) f City R&O also received the contract for the building addition, which will be added to a 17 bed facility in Lav ton for the treatment of inrii viduals with drug and alcohol problems, and mental illness The Layton contract was awarded to the Ogden firm al though its bid w as the fourth lowest R&O offered to build the addition a sum slightly higher for $107,125 than Mr Gygi's $106,865 estimate for the job Russell Williams, director of the mental health department, said three other firms offered lower bids than R&O for the Layton proiect but that these firms (Heinz Koenig and Sons Steen Tripp and John DeYoung! have asked to withdraw 'heir bids Indicates Confusion Mr Gvgi told commissioners the three contractors indicated some confusion over the bidding for the two contracts and the bids thev offered were erroneously made Ccmmis'ion Chairman Ernc0t Lbirhard Jr commented that while it is common to award a contract to a bidder coming m second, it is more unusual to do so for the fourth lowest bidder ' I've never seen this with three firms before, admitted Mr Gygi, w ho pointed out the businesses were bonded and commissioners could go ahead and select the lowest bidder anywav But, the architect added it would not be advantageous to award the contract to someone who will be losing money on the job Commissioners agreed and the Layton contract, like the other one went to R&O Dr Williams said work on the Layton addition is expected to be finished next January and the Bountiful building is due to be completed in March 1983 Davis County Woman Honored for Courtesy A Farmington resident and emp- loyee of the Farmington Motor Vehicle Division of the State Tax Commission has received the Utah Public Employees Association Courtesy is Contagious Award for September In a surprise ceremony in the state capitol, Tribune Staff Photo by Crated potatoes in Clover Club Foods Co. facilities in Kaysville will soon become the potato chips the firm is I R Gov Scott M Matheson UPEA dignitaries and fellow workers recently praised Shirley DeVore for going beyond the limits of her job to help the She received a special public certificate and a $50 savings bond An Air Force dentist stationed at Hill Air Force Base nominated Mrs DeVorp for the Courtesy is Contagious Award earlier this year after she went out of her way to help him solve some title and registration problems 1 have had numerous encounters aval I Call known for. Clover Club distributes snack foods through the western U.S. and another line of foods nationally. with governmental agencies throughout the country, but none has been so genuinely professional and considerate as Mrs DeVore," he said Me arrived in Utah during the summer of 1979 and when transfers of title, registration and other problems threatened to overrun our 90 days grace period, Mrs DeVore personally offered to go to Salt Lake City and acquire our plates When I expressed my thanks, she replied that her department was there at a public service and was happy to help Mrs DeVore began her career with the motor vehicle division in 1968 and became branch manager of the Farmington office m December 1975 She and her husband, Malter, live in Farmington Clover Club Still Chipping Away Free Tribune Staff Wnter By Cathy KAYSVILLE -- Its hard to find a person who doesn't like potato chips Chips rank right up there with ice cream and pizza A sandwich just isnt a sandwich without them," said Clover Sanders, executive chairman of Clover Club Foods Co , Kaysville At 79, Mrs Sanders has spent more than half her life in the potato chip business She still loves potato chips, even the brown ones that most people toss back into the bag m exchange for golden chips Since the death of her husband Hod, two years ago, Mrs Sanders and her son, Bob Sanders, 51, have spearheaded the family snack food business Bob is president of the corporation Potato chips at Clover Cub's Kaysville plant must pass inspection before packaging. Rejects become animal feed. I Clover and Hod started the business m 1938 during the depression with four bags of potatoes and enough oil to cook them They decided to name the chips Clover Club" long before they left California, where Hod worked for a chip company Hod was orgmally from Kaysville and Clover is from Logan Mrs Sanders used a small peeler and sheer and cooked the potato chips herself during the early days of the comprny The bags were sealed with a toy flat iron, loaded into any kind of box the Sanders could find and sold locally to people in Kaysville Mhen we reached the point of cooking 15 bags of potatoes a day, I went into Sears & Roebuck Co in Ogden and bought the best table and chair set they had with $24 in cash," said Mrs Sanders I never felt richer in my life than on that day Before long, the Sanders had to teach a man to cook so they could have some help with their business "The cooker was real deep and he had to use a paddle like a boat oar to stir with, remembers Mrs Sanders we put a blower torch inside to get the oil hot enough to cook with Boy, those chips turned out pretty " The business grew and the Sanders had eight employees working I worked for them nght along with the girls, bagging and weighOur ing," said Mrs Sanders office was too small, so we moved around the comer to an old pool hall Me still use the building for the trucking part of the business " M Before long the Sanders' bought their first automatic cooker, but the chips tasted awful the first time they used it The man we purchased it from told us that we couldnt said Mrs use Idaho potatoes, He said that we would Sanders have to get potatoes from Marne Me didnt know what to do then we had gone into debt for the first time in our lives to buy the machine One day, I noticed Hod expen menting with different sized slices of potatoes He had set the kmv es to sbee the potatoes the thickness of a thin dime and the chips turned out perfect For years, whenever the employees would set the knives, they would pull out a dime to determine the thickness of the chips MTien the business started growing, I asked Hod why we had to get bigger He said, If we don't go forward, well go backward Cover Club Foods Co now' distributes snack foods in 13 western states and Little Pancho Mexican foods throughout the United States Besides the plant in Kaysville, there are plants in Denver, Col orado Springs and Albuquerque N M Last year, company sales were about $46 million Potato chips are made m more than one flavor these days at Clover Club Resides the basic chips, the company makes sour cream and onion, barbeque and chili flavored popcorn, prechips Cheese-pufftzels and tortilla chips m several flavors are also made in large amounts The potatoes used at Clover Club are bred especially for the com pany by local growers and are received in large wooden boxes Between 4 500 and 5,000 bags of potatoes are used daily This amount doubles during summer months The average spud goes through several steps before it winds up sliced, cooked salted and sealed in an airtight bag at the grocerv store First, the potatoes go through the where even flow and they are given a bath with sudsv water and all rocks are washed out of the crate From there, they go through a peeler w ith six foot long rolls of abrasive and start on their journey down the conveyor belt, where r, See Page SD 4 PLAY YER CARDS RIGHT SWEETHEART AN I'LL TAKE YA TA DA DANCE Preppys Not Trendy At School Anymore Free Staff Tribune Mnter wanna Hey, you're new here go to Homecoming9 I Blushing like a 15 year-old- , smiled at a wide eyed kid with size 13 sneakers and a space between his front teeth and did somethmg Id always wanted to do when I was in turn down an high school invitation to the school dance I'd always wished I would get so manv offers I could toss my head back and say, Gee, I'm sorry, I ve already got a date However, that wish never came true because I never got asked After captivating a voung bnv's Bv Cathy heart I knew 1 was readv for anything at Bountiful High School Curious to see if high school had changed since I graduated four vears ago, I donned the preppiest outfit I could find and went back for a dav of books, bovs and gossip I It's changed, I thought walked through the main entrance I immediately felt like a country bumpkin at a governor's ball I was out of place The kids at Bountiful High hate the preppy look In fact everything is in" except preppy Girls looked like they just walked off the runway at an Yves St I aurent fashion show In mv efforts See Page SD-- 4 |